WHAT!!!

By jezebel

Disclaimer: see first chapter

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A/N: Sooo sorry about the wait. I've been really busy lately and I'll try to speed things up a bit. So, here's the one you've all been waiting for, the meeting of the two abnormal teens. Yay!

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Chapter Fourteen: The Heated Meeting

Los Angeles

Hemery High

          Dawn was a little late getting to school, but considering she had to walk 20 blocks, it was understandable. She knew tomorrow she'd have to leave much earlier, or get a new method of transportation. When the school came in sight, she noticed they had built a new gym. Hopefully they had forgotten that incident and who had started it. She made her way through the throngs of students to the office. She noticed a hot guy sitting on a chair by the door. A lady called her attention. "Miss, I'm sorry, I don't know your name."

          Dawn smiled. "I'm here to enroll."

The women smiled kindly at her. "Well, two new students today. " She gestured to the cute guy. The women went to a file cabinet and pulled out a stack of papers. "All right, I'm Miss Williams, the secretary here at Hemery High. You are?"

          This was the moment of truth. Now she'd find out if she already had a reputation. "Summers, Dawn Summers."

          Miss Williams gasped and her eyes went wide. "Buffy's sister?" She managed to croak out. Yup, they hadn't forgotten. Dawn nodded and Miss Williams took a deep breath. "Okay, here's a form. Fill it out over there." She walked over to her desk and picked up the phone. She was talking in hushed tones to whoever it was. The cute guy raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything.

          Dawn went and sat next to him. As she sat down though, he got up and walked over to Miss Williams and handed her his papers. The secretary gave him a forced smile and he left. Dawn sighed and started filling out the forms.

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          Dawn had filled out everything and had received her schedule. As it turns out, the cute guy was in all of her classes. She had learned his name was Steven, but she hadn't gotten the chance to talk to him yet. He usually sat in the back of the classroom and had a dark, bored expression on his face. For some reason Angel came to mind when ever she looked at him.

          Now she was at lunch. She could hear everyone whisper about her and Buffy. At the moment, she desperately wanted to be in Sunnydale. Then she'd be able to talk to Spike about it. She dumped her tray and walked to the gym. She needed to work out her frustrations. Ever since she'd been trained by Buffy and Giles, she learned hitting things was a good way to release stress. She found the punching bag and let loose. She was so absorbed by killing the punching bag; she didn't hear anyone come in.

          "Wow, you must really be pissed. I'll come back later."

          She turned around and saw Steven leaving. "Wait!" she called out. She didn't know why. He turned around. "You can use it, I'm done."

          He walked over to her. "Thanks, I'm Steven. Aren't you new here too? I think I saw you in the office this morning. You really made that woman nervous."

          She smiled. "Yeah, I'm Dawn."

          At that moment an old guy walked into the gym. "Miss Summers, can I speak to you for a moment." It was more of an order then a question. She shot Steven a nervous look and walked over to the man. "My name is Mr. Wright. I'm the principal of this school and I'd like to make myself clear on something. We do NOT, under any circumstances, carry around ANY fire starters such as, matches or lighters. You will NOT be allowed to use the Bunsen burners or ANYTHING that may cause fire. I knew your sister Dawn and I pray you don't take after her. Are we clear?" Dawn nodded and the man left. She turned around and walked back to an amused Steven.

          "Wow, I guess they really don't want a repeat of what happened."

          Dawn looked at him, a panicked expression on her face. "What have you heard?"

          Steven looked at her oddly. "Well, I heard from a few people that about five or six years ago, a crazy freshman burnt down the gym."

          Dawn sighed in relief. "So you don't know anything else? Names or anything?"

          Steven looked at her. "No, but I wonder who'd be that crazy or stupid enough to burn down the gym. I mean, the science lab I understand, but a gym, come on."

          Dawn was getting a little angry, but decided to fess up before he heard it from anyone else, plus, she'd get to see his reaction. "That crazy girl was my sister."

          His eyes got wide and he looked to her. "Oh, I'm sorry. She's probably not crazy and had a good reason to burn down the gym."

          Dawn nodded. At least he hadn't run screaming. "She did. It was full of vamp-I mean asbestos." She tried to correct her slip up.

          Steven looked at her with accusing eyes. "Vampires, you said vampires."

          "I know; my head is in the clouds. There's no such thing as vampires." He looked at her knowingly.

          "No, you meant it. I know about vampires and demons."

          Relief filled her at those words. "You do! Thank God! I finally found someone who knows about that stuff." Both had smiles on their faces. At that moment, Miss. Williams came in.

          "Miss Summers, good. They said you'd be here. A Lindsey McDonald is here to see you."

          Dawn remembered. "Oh yeah, the lawyer." She turned to Steven. "I gotta go. Will I see you tomorrow? We can talk about…stuff." She knew she sounded hopeful.

          "Yeah, we'll talk…about stuff." He flashed her a grin that made her legs turn to jelly.

          "Bye Steven."

          "Bye Dawn."

          She followed Miss. Williams back to the office. Another really cute man was waiting. He smiled at her. "You must be Dawn, I'm Lindsey." He held out his hand. By his accent, she could tell he was Texan. She shook his hand and mumbled a weak hello. He looked at Miss. Williams as if waiting her permission. She nodded her head and Lindsey turned to Dawn. "If you could get your things, I'll drive you back to your place. We can talk there."

          Dawn knew enough to be suspicious. "I have school."

          "Well, I've taken care of that."

          Dawn tested her limits. "I'd feel safer talking here."

          Lindsey nodded. "All right, let's find a room so we can talk."

          Dawn felt better. If he really wanted to hurt her, he would have made her go. She decided to go with him, but not necessarily trust him. "Okay, let's go."

          He led her though the halls to an empty room. She could hear everyone whispering around her. Most of the girls that had been talking behind her back this morning were clearly jealous. Seeing this, Lindsey grinned. He stopped and let Dawn catch up to him, and then put his arm around her. She was puzzled at first, but saw the look he was giving her. She played along and leaned into him. Luckily, Steven wasn't in sight. Lindsey placed a kiss on the top of her head. She could hear the girls gasp and whisper furiously in jealousy as they entered the classroom. When they were clear, he let go of her and smiled.

          "Sorry about that, thought I'd help you out, being the new girl and all. Now, Dawn I know you probably don't trust me and I understand, but I'm here to help you, Okay?" He smiled at her.

          "Okay, let's talk."

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          Two hours later, the school bell rang. They had talked about everything. Lindsey looked up at her. "Well, do you trust me enough to let me drive you home?"

Dawn smiled. "Sure, just let me get my homework." She walked to her locker with Lindsey following her. There were no more whispering girls so he kept a comfortable distance. After she had her things, she followed Lindsey to his truck.

"I thought you said that you were a lawyer?" She indicated the pile of trash he called his truck.

"Oh yeah, this hunk of junk, well, she's kinda my baby." He gave her a sheepish smile.

"I understand. Now, let's get me home. I have a pile of homework you wouldn't believe." He laughed.

"Sure, let's go."

A/N: Okay, hoped you liked that. I'm not sure if the distance between her house and the school is realistic, I just wanted you to know that it was far away. And I'm really sorry about updating. With everything going on in my life things have been really hectic lately. So review and tell me what you think.